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Teacher hurt in assault by student

AJMAN — An Egyptian teacher of Abu Obaida bin Jarah, a private school in Al Humaidiya district in Ajman, was yesterday assaulted by a student.

Dr Abdul Kareem Hilmi, Head of the Emergency Section of Khalifa Hospital, said that the 15-year-old student hit the teacher with sharp tool on the head, which caused him bleeding. The act was in defence when the teacher beat the students and caused him kidney infection. The teacher was discharged from the hospital as he received the necessary treatment, while the student is still under the treatment at the hospital.

Brigadier Abdullah Al Mannai, Head of Ajman Al Zahra police station, said after the officers received a complaint from the school about a fight between the student and the teacher, they immediately rushed to the school to stop the quarrel. During the investigation, the police found that the student assaulted the teacher who asked him to hand over the examination paper after the time limit of the examination was over. When the student refused to hand over his answer paper, the teacher tried to take it by force because of which the student assaulted the teacher. The case is now referred to the public prosecution.

Dr Hamad Al Shamsi, Director-General of the Khalifa Hospital, said that no statistics on the victims of school violence have been reported to the hospital during the previous years. This is a new phenomena that has affected society. The social organisations should intensify their efforts to eliminate such kind of practices, which are new to UAE society.

Speaking to Khaleej Times, Moza Ali , Head of Guidance Section of Ajman Social Development Centre said the centre organised several campaigns aimed at educating mothers about the proper ways of raising children and how to help them educate their children to respect teachers, encourage them to gain high scores, and push them towards success.

She added that the employees of the centre visited many families to make the mothers or the head of the household understand that raising children requires specific skills, which must be understood, developed, and practised. “The mother should know about the behaviour of her children in school, with their friends and on the street to develop their personality. Violence in schools is a new phenomena affecting our society and we should work hard to eliminate it by organising awareness programmes and activities in schools and for mothers.

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